translation
//tɹænzˈleɪʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- translations
Definitions
1.The act of translating, in its various senses:
- This old text needs translation into modern English before it is published.
2.The product or end result of an act of translating, in its various senses.
- I haven't finished the translation yet.
- Thank you for your translation!
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3969
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English translacioun (“transfer, translation”), from Anglo-Norman translacioun, from Latin trānslātiō, from trānslāt-, the supine stem of trānsferō (“to transfer, transport, transform, translate”).
Equivalent to translate + -ion.
Displaced native Old English wending.